JUST JIM
by Craig Roberts
Great Britain 2015 84 min. original version
mon 16 nov 8:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Craig Roberts, DoP: Richard Stoddard, Editor: Stephen Haren, Production: Vox Pictures, Producers: Pip Broughton, Adrian Bate, Cast: Emile Hirsch, Craig Roberts, Aneirin Hughes, Mark Lewis Jones, Richard Harrington
Jim is a high-school outcast. His only friend, Michael, has left him for the cool crowd. His crush doesn’t even know his name. When his dog runs away too, Jim has no one left. All that changes when Dean, a mysterious American with movie star good looks, moves into the house next door. Dean offers Jim friendship and a makeover to help him become the popular kid at school.
"The great thing about shooting this film in my hometown and at my old school is that it was very personal to me. Some of the moments in this movie actually happened, so it has been great to stay true to the locations and capture the town as it was to me when I was growing up. The film is a reflection on what growing up in Maesycwmmer was like for me. If only I had a James Dean character to help me." (Craig Roberts)
Biography: Craig Roberts, 24 years old, was first seen as actor in the critically acclaimed SUBMARINE directed by Richard Ayoade and was named "Young British Performer of the Year" at the Critics Circle Awards in 2012. JUST JIM is his directorial debut.
